HDD not recognized on my computer

Pandora1285

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Aug 29, 2013
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Hi! So I just built my first computer. I am using a 120gb Samsung SSD to run my OS and a few other programs and I got a 2T WD HDD to store media on but I can't seem to access the HDD. I'm running Windows 7 home premium (64bit) right now. When I look at all my devices in My Computer it won't even show up but everything looks good in my BIOS. I also have a 1T WD external hard drive that works just fine... can't seem to figure it out. Any help would be great! Thanks!
 
Solution
A new drive needs to be initialized (partioned, formatted & assigned a drive letter) before you can use it in windows. Use "disk management" to do this.